I am trying to figure out the artist that painted this canvas. Name is illegable, but I am able to make out Paris. I also have a photograph that looks like may have been taken at the same time as the painting. Any help with the paitner would be reatly appreciated.

Nu.nl has a funny anecdote about Queen WIlhelmina and the 1928 Olympics. The Olympic Comitee had decided on the opningsdate for these Olympics in Amsterdam without consulting the court. The Queen took it as an insult and consequently the court told them that HM could not attend the opening since she was on a travel to Norway. The NOC tried to persuade HM to return early, but she refused and came 3 back 3 days after the Olympics started.

The army on horses and bicycle's, they had one tank which was on a militairy exposition in Berlin at the time of the invasion. Queen Wilhelmina was very frustrated by the state of the army, and for over a decade pressed for more budget for tthe defence department, in vain.

I am not Helena but I don't think that Queen Wilhelmina's reign anybody was ennobled. She did present orders, like knight of the Dutch Lion and such, but it will be hard to trace. Your best option might be to contact the ministery of general affairs.

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Does anybody remember if prof. Fasseur is very detailed about how Wilhelmina reacted when kaiser Wilhelm II entered the Netherlands in 1918 and asked for asylum. I don't have the books with me, so I can't check but during a lecture my professor said that the Kaiser came here due to Queen Wilhelmina. I know that has been a popular opinion but isn't it a fasle one?

On this day,november 23rd 1890,King Willem III died and 10 year young Princess Wilhelmina became Queen of The Netherlands
and its Colonies,Suriname,The Antilles and the East-Indies,present day Indonesia.Mother Emma was Regent untill september
1898 shorly after the young Queen turned had 18.

This week a new book by Prof. Cees Fasseur about Queen Wilhelmina was published. The title is: 'A lady of Iron'. He mainly focusses on her political activities. The books title was chosen as 'Wilhelmina was known and respected among her ministers for her iron will and intellect'.